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are succeeding and where there is still work to do. This report card overview answers important questions about our school's performance. For the full
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How is our school doing overall?

Accountability and assistance levels

Our school

Students in this school participated in 2017 Next Generation MCAS tests

Our district

Students in grades 3-8 participated in 2017 Next Generation MCAS tests

Most schools are assigned a level from 1-5, with those meeting their proficiency gap-narrowing goals in Level 1 and the lowest performing in Levels 4 and 5.
A district is typically assigned a level based on the level of its lowest performing school. Placing schools and districts into levels helps districts know which schools need more support,
and helps the state know which districts need the most assistance.
More information is available here: http://www.doe.mass.edu/accountability/

School percentile

School percentiles (1-99) indicate how a school is performing overall compared to other schools that
serve the same or similar grades. Our school's percentile is below.

Lowest performing

Highest performing

Overall progress in narrowing gaps

Massachusetts aims to reduce proficiency gaps by half between 2011 and 2017.

All students

-

High needs students

-

Economically disadvantaged

-

Students with disabilities

English language learners & former ELLs

How does our school's achievement over time compare to the district and the state?

Next Generation MCAS (Average Scaled Score)

English language arts - Grades 3-8

Mathematics - Grades 3-8

Not Meeting Expectations

Partially Meeting Expectations

Meeting Expectations

Exceeding Expectations

Not Meeting Expectations

Partially Meeting Expectations

Meeting Expectations

Exceeding Expectations

Legacy MCAS (CPI)

The Composite Performance Index (CPI) is a number from 1-100 that represents the extent to which all students are progressing toward proficiency in a given subject. When all students demonstrate proficiency on MCAS and/or PARCC tests, the CPI will be 100. Our school's CPIs for 2014-2017 are below.

How does our school's enrollment compare to the district and the state?

Total enrollment

Our school

Our district

Our state

202

3,411

953,748

Our

school

Elementary Schools in our district

Elementary Schools in MA

By high needs population

#

%

#

%

#

%

Economically disadvantaged students

64

31.7

321

24.6

112,788

32.1

Students with disabilities

51

25.2

273

20.9

55,388

15.8

English language learners

31

15.3

152

11.6

41,478

11.8

How do our school's teachers and classrooms compare to the district and the state?

General information

Our

school

Elementary Schools in our district

Elementary Schools in MA

Teachers (#)

19.1

114.1

25,393.9

Core academic classes taught by highly qualified teachers (%)

100.0

100.0

97.5

Average class size (#)

21.0

19.5

19.5

Student : teacher ratio

10.6 to 1

11.5 to 1

13.7 to 1

How is our school doing on other important measures?

Attendance

Our

school

Elementary Schools in our district

Elementary Schools in MA

2017 Attendance rate (%)

96.0

95.8

95.4

2017 Average days absent per student (#)

7.0

7.2

7.9

2017 Chronic absenteeism rate (%)

5.3

7.3

9.8

Discipline

2017 In-school suspension rate (%)

-

-

0.5

2017 Out-of-school suspension rate (%)

-

-

0.9

High school completion

Our school

Our district

Our state

2015 5-year graduation rate (%)

-

94.2

89.4

2016 4-year graduation rate (%)

-

93.1

87.5

2016 annual dropout rate (%)

-

0.8

1.9

2015 graduates attending institutions of higher education* (%)

-

82.3

75.9

2017 12th graders taking 1+ Advanced Placement courses (%)

-

36.2

41.4

2017 Advanced Placement tests with scores of 3 or higher (%)

-

55.7

65.7

2017 SAT average score - Reading

-

556

552

2017 SAT average score - Writing

-

-

-

2017 SAT average score - Math

-

546

552

2016 MassCore** - Completing a rigorous course of study (%)

-

100.0

77.4

*Postsecondary enrollment data includes any student enrolling in an institution of higher education within 16 months of earning a high school diploma

**MassCore: 4 years of English & math, 3 years of history & lab-based science, 2 years of a foreign language, 1 year of arts & 5 additional "core" courses

What else should you know about our school?

Every staff member at the C.M. Callahan School is totally committed to providing excellent academics, many happy experiences, and a comprehensive quality education for all of our two hundred five students. All of our staff members are highly qualified and integral to the great success that we have enjoyed every year.

After being named one of only forty-five commendation schools in MA for our impressive 2015 PARCC/MCAS scores, we were slightly humbled by our 2016 results. On deeper inspection, however, we found that as a whole group, we continued to receive excellent scores. It was in the high needs category that we noticed some considerable gaps between our students with disabilities and our non-disabled students. The composite index scores for 2016 were 88.5 for ELA, 90.0 for Math, and 92.7 for Science. This Science score is among the best in our state. We must now continue to provide programs that will allow our high needs students to improve their scores and reduce the gap between them and our students without high needs.